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Vehicle 56038 / 54038


Class 114

Builder: BR Derby Works
Layout: Low Density
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Lot Number: 30210
Diagram: 641

Allocations

22/02/57 New to 40A (Lincoln)
3w/e 22/02/58 Transferred to 30A (Stratford)
4w/e 28/03/58 Transferred to 40A (Lincoln)
May 1973Depot code changeLN
10/05/87 Stored U. LN (Lincoln)
29/06/88 Withdrawn from LN (Lincoln)

Notes

1957 - Stored near Sleaford South Junction while power car used as extra power in other unit

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

56038 - original number
54038 - from Apr-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Aug-79 - AWS fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 26/09/1977 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50038 56038 As delivered to 40A - 22nd February 1957
50032 56038 Noted February 1958
50038 56038 Noted 01/06/67 - at Leeds City with 50023 + 560401
50024 56038 Noted May 1968
50038 56038 Noted 09/11/69 - at Doncaster1
50016 56038 Noted 02/01/71
50038 56038 Noted 24/04/1973 - at York2
50038 56038 Noted 11/08/73 - at Doncaster with 50019/56019 + 50027/560271
50038 56038 Noted 17/08/1973 - at Grantham2
50009 56038 Noted 18/08/76 - on 1808 Grantham-Skegness
50009 56038 Noted 10/09/76 - at Doncaster1
50009 56038 Noted 07/10/76 - at Cambridge3
50009 56038 Noted 20/01/77 - at Cambridge3
50009 56038 Noted 30/03/77 - at Brough1
50009 56038 Noted 29/05/77 - on 0800 Crewe-Manchester Piccadilly
50009 56038 Noted 25/06/77 - on 1248 Sheffield-Leeds
50038 56038 Noted 20/12/77 - at Nottingham3
50038 56038 Noted 27/01/78 - at Bury St Edmunds3
50038 56038 Noted 14/06/79 - at Norwich3
50009 56038 Noted circa 10/19824
53006 54038 Noted circa 02/19864
53006 54038 Noted 02/12/19864
53006 54038 Noted 30/03/87 - on 18:05 Wakefield Westgate - Wakefield Kirkgate5
53006 54038 Noted 30/03/87 - on 18:11 Wakefield Kirkgate - Huddersfield5

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Peter Wallwork
3: Gerald Brown
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Martin Baumann

Images:

Class 114 DMU at Sheffield

Unknown date

No details with this transparency, E56038 stabled at Sheffield, probably early 1970s. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 114 DMU at Doncaster

9th April 1985

A Class 114 DMU formed of 54038 + 53006 approaches Doncaster station on Tuesday 9th April 1985. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 114 DMU at Snailwell

4th December 1988

Class 114 vehicles E54038 and E53022 at Snailwell on December 4, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 7th July 1984

Class 114 Derby 2-car DMU 53019 + 54038 at Boston with a late afternoon Doncaster service on 7-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

DMU

Date: 19th January 1986

An interior view of the maintenance depot at Lincoln, seen on Sunday 19th January 1986. Among the many DMUs on shed is a solitary Class 08, no. 08102. The nearest DMU on the right is no. E53006, which on this occasion was paired with no. E54038. Andrew Walker.